so I have a group that are 15 weeks old this week. They are Easter eggers (supposedly mixed Americuana and leghorn). I had two very obvious roosters they started crowing at 6 weeks old and are very beautifully colored... I have a couple more now though that I was dead sure were hens but they...
I went to let my chickens out of their coop this morning and one of my silkies has a bloody rear end. She/ he is acting normal but I’m concerned being it’s bright red blood. To me it’s rear looks swollen but I’m not sure if that’s just because I can see it now instead of it’s feathery fluffy...
we finally moved our baby chickens to their new coop today. They range in ages 12-7 weeks old. Before today they have been in a small coop on our patio. Almost instantly I’ve seen a few of them vomit (like a clear spit up), could this be stress related? What else would cause this? Some of them...
I wanted to see how everyone deals with more than one rooster. So I posted earlier this week that we hatched out 27 (incubated 30) Americuana chicks... We intended on keeping 6 and giving the rest to new homes (never did we think 27 would hatch and that all 27 would be so healthy and thrive)...
Good afternoon. I had ordered a few chicks from a farm a little north of us. It was 3 silkie straight run, and 2 cream legbar pullets. I was very thrilled to receive them but one little guy (well girl i hope) seems to have something wrong with its leg. it keeps it to the side and retracted up...
Good Afternoon everyone. I am Amanda. I joined this community because i find myself always reading the post here. I have recently started growing out a flock of chicks again... its been a LONG time since i've done this, and can use all the tips and advice you all have to offer.
We recently had...